High Rollers: Aerois

[@gray9818]

The irony in the summer eladrin being enraged that he was controlled by magic after spending the day manipulating an entire town with magic

[@malaynaberhalter965]

I cant believe we're in the last arc! It's been an honor watching this campaign, cant wait to see what's next!

[@SherlockHulmesDM]

Last "Arc" in the sense of it's the last quarter. Will be lots of smaller Arcs combined I think. :)

[@Blindy_Sama]

Very glad to have you back and I'm happy and sad at the same time that this is the last part :-)

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

​@@SherlockHulmesDM Well that explains it. I had seen the last arc video come out a long while ago and was later surprised that Aerois was still going. 😅

[@nickjinn]

Hey, there might be some SPOILERS under this thing 0:32 Tom is Crimson Chin 1:12 The start of the anime Wow 1:48 Sponsored by D&D Beyond 3:08 When Mark's in control 5:25 Dun Duns 6:25 Recap starts - Final Arc 8:35 Recap ends 8:45 Roll Initiative 9:28 Greenhollow in Jakkesh 10:37 Battle map is out 11:20 Tom never listens 12:51 Don't kill the civilians Nova 15:12 War crime spell again 16:31 60ft radius sphere for reference 17:37 Summer Eladrin description 18:50 Nova's new magic item 22:54 Spell Breaker 26:04 Starbreaker! It's morphin' time!! 29:27 Aila, the badass 30:21 New damage bonuses 41:06 Finally Lucius's turn 41:50 1 out of 4 success 44:20 Summer Eladrin has a personality 47:32 Synaptic static 52:44 Elder Quill is out and an avenger 57:55 Starbreaker is awesome 59:29 Treasure hunting = Worth It 1:00:50 Birth of Al 1:03:30 Upgraded Howling Tempest 1:05:25 The start of the Bruh Tree 1:11:27 Stubble you say 1:12:54 Summer Eladrin: Have at thee! 1:19:30 Quill's heal came in clutch 1:20:34 "HA HA HOO HOO HEE HEE!" 1:27:42 No Heal 1:29:18 Attack me daddy 1:31:05 We must keep Summer Eladrin 1:32:00 Tiangong is fully formed 1:34:18 Bruhhhhh~ 1:37:01 Tourist trap 1:38:16 Howling Tempest = Mjolnir 1:42:46 Eladrin sisters are wholesome 1:44:36 Fire chromatic orb 1:45:55 Summer Eladrin is too precious 1:47:05 Dominate Monster 1:49:27 Stormchaser's upgrades 1:50:52 Poor Summer Eladrin 1:51:45 Break starts 1:52:28 Mid-break donations 1:55:01 Execute Order 66 1:57:10 “Purple burglar alarm” 1:57:46 Katie's cat Angus 2:00:47 Break ends 2:02:38 Stormchaser crew are veterans 2:04:20 Amulets of Proof against Detection 2:05:29 Introduce Fireball Grenade 2:07:47 Sentry gets some mom levels 2:08:49 Matt Colville's Kingdoms and Warfare 2:14:25 Stormchaser's Allies 2:19:55 Lucius's downtime 2:25:41 Aila's downtime 2:34:35 Nova's downtime 2:41:00 Nanny Norfir. Period. 2:48:53 Quill's downtime 2:55:51 Sentry's downtime 3:03:11 Grand Strategist of Xiphenna 3:14:00 Max and Valla 3:15:01 Max is highly critical & judgmental 3:16:16 Valla's appearance 3:16:48 Valla is too lazy to walk 3:18:28 Valla found Zephyr's realm 3:23:31 Mark forgot when stream should end 3:25:05 Outro break donations 3:29:49 Love you Bye Hi Everyone. It's good to have the HR team back. Really missed them these past 2 weeks. I don't think I can track the days quite accurately for this episode because Mark has said in the stream that the downtime in-game could be a month or a couple of months. All we can do is wait and see. Also, I don't know if anyone else tracked it, but "Bruh" was said 32 times. Any awesome moments I missed? Let me know.

[@purple141]

thank for doing this

[@discoelysia]

You’re awesome for doing this!

[@nickjinn]

@@discoelysia thanks. I just discovered and started watching Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier. It’s such a coincidence that your name pops up now

[@discoelysia]

nick ahn it’s an awesome show! starkid does some great productions

[@amyheath8261]

This episode made me emotional. The characters have come so far and they’re now doing amazing things that they should be so proud of. Bringing an entire planet together, sharing unique expertise and skill and acting as ambassadors. They have come so far and accomplished so much.

[@o.d.d.5437]

Summer eladrin: I will fight to the end, I’ll never surrender! Few rounds later: I surrender but I’ll never talk of my task here. Gets dominate monster cast by Lucius: I will talk of my tasks and more. Me: Have mercy! This guy is just doing his job and is now having a terrible day. Makes me wonder if Mark is setting the group up to non-lethal attack some of Starbane’s soldiers and not kill mercilessly all the time.

[@MystLunarabne]

Also to be fair, if the Stormchasrs had been captured by the Eladrin I doubt that guy would've told his friends not to use similar magic on them.

[@Edrysian]

I’ve missed this. So glad it’s back. Loved the jump straight into action and then finding out what everyone has been up to. Looking forward to where the story is going!

[@paulmahoney7619]

"yes I'm going to send my *mom* on a dangerous espionage mission." Never change Kim, never change.

[@sghctoma]

00:39:20: I've just watched the FINAL ARC Q&A, and can't help but wonder if this was deliberately and deviously planned by Mark after Katie's "She's sitting on the side of the dance floor on a chair, and if anyone tries to get her to dance, they are probably gonna get hit." answer to the dance question :)

[@Halrin]

Love the kingdoms and warfare additions. MCDM is doing great work and I'm definitely integrating it into my forgotten realms campaign.

[@isabellathomas1314]

I finally caught up and am sad I can no longer binge this series when I should be sleeping

[@kellygingrich4302]

What a cool episode! spoilers: The fact that with all of these things in their down time, Sentry gains proficiency in cooking - wholesome! LOVE bringing in all these NPCs! Was waiting for Nanny Norfia to show up again, hell, yes. Want spinoffs/origins for these NPCS. And pretty sure Nova's brother is a valkyrian agent now...

[@sonofstarth1358]

Return Of The King. I have been anticipating this upload as high rollers just scratches an itch that no one else can

[@nyanwizard2735]

I hope the little psychic kobold(vessicks I think) shows up

[@JohnLisle-jk3pi]

Happy dance, rhi actually calculated the dice roll for divine smite correctly

[@Minfa1985]

Oh man I'm so glad you guys are back. I've totally missed my highrollers time. You guys are the best. Thanks to you all (especially Mark) I started being the GM for the first time ever.

[@olimara1647]

As soon as you said war asset I automatically heard the mass effect 3 sound effect

[@EscapeePrisoner]

Loving the Domain Actions etc. Really gives the players agency in world events. Nice work.

[@ondank]

Nova popping heads? Thats a war crime. Wait, everyone in the Valkyrion empire gets a house. PLEASE CONQUEOR US!

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Norphia got big Leliana from Dragon Age energy.

[@RossMKitson]

It's great to have this back, and some clever DMing from Mark to start us in an action scenario, just to blow cobwebs off, before the new rules dump of part two. I suspect he'll be using something similar when Nights of Eveningstar returns.

[@leslierobinson8724]

Welcome back, enjoyed everything. Take care, and stay chill Bruhs.

[@discoelysia]

Newly minted VOD squad but here to rewatch for the algorithm :)

[@Wunder]

Such a cool intro and the second part was awesome! Really want to check out Kingdoms and Warfare now

[@JJwatching]

"thats the war crime spell!"-tom my internal dialogue: yes ... yes it is. :]

[@cptcrytech71]

Catching up and getting to this episode. This feels like a mini XCOM style campaign with this system and i love it

[@drmm3r367]

I'm sad this is going to end but I'm happy to have been here

[@AjLechtenberg]

Mark says the word "intrigue" in the intro Me: is... K&W? Mark: my friend Matt Colville Me: YEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!

[@dr.cobotnik2091]

You see it all started when an airship crashed right over there

[@popcorn976]

Welcome back guys!!! Loved the strategy portion of the episode and will definitely be using it for my campaign lol also can't wait to see stormchasers v titans soon!!!!!

[@Trigun99]

Love the world events happening. Really fun episode!

[@Zelmel]

Catching up on this now... Holy shit that Nova section is badass af and I love this. Definitely stealing this stuff for late stages of my eventual Dark Sun campaign.

[@tylerkennedy1785]

"She tucked me in at night" lol that has to be the best thing ive heard in a while

[@arcticbanana66]

These treants deal "bruh"geoning damage. I now have a mental image of Treebeard from _Lord of the Rings_ wearing a t-shirt that reads "Do you even lift?" 3:02:44 - "You attacked our territory and took our prisoners! You had no right!" "Oh, so if there were _your_ refugees in _our_ lands, _we'd_ be justified in holding them here and not letting you rescue them?" "Of course not!" "Why not?" "Because that's not how _victim mentality_ works!"

[@Ozisl]

You can literally see where Katie feels kinda bad, then Aila just whispers in her ear and she moves immediately into slaughter.

[@theprophet7318]

“Hush little Lucius, don’t say a word Daddy made sure you’d stay a little lord” In regards to Lucius’ nanny being an assassin 🤣

[@marceliusbyrd9162]

Valoa it's getting quite interesting she speaks on the Titans as if she knows them personally she's becoming more and more connected with her mother something tells me they might have to say goodbye to her

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Getting connected, being a reincarnation of Siaska. Potayto, potawto. Have had that feeling pretty much since they rescued her from the Tassadar. Though goodbye isn't exactly accurate. She is likely going to remain as a deity on Aerois...unless sealing away Hadar for good calls for her to make the ultimate sacrifice.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Tom was soo damn happy about the lance. 🤣

[@mikewithington4755]

Sentry: "I Have the POWER!!!"

[@BernddasBrotB7]

Whenever Mark makes an allusion to X-COM, I cannot help but hope Lewis and Ben aren't in charge of these teams, or otherwise the NPC attrition is going to be horrifying. :p

[@CaptanDeadpool]

Nova right out of the gate 1st bit of combat: umm... I would like to cast war crime

[@mme.veronica735]

I hate to bring this up but, unless Mark states otherwise, Aerois doesn't have an equivalent of the Geneva Convention so technically nothing is a war crime there.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Meh. Terrible things are in fact still terrible things.

[@CaptanDeadpool]

@Mme. Veronica it's not a war crime, if your not at war [taps head]

[@PaulStarhaven]

Summer Eladrin: Fave new guy Also Norfir is awesome.

[@ThatFunnyMexican_]

Guys we need the tassadar staff to come back because he said he was gonna travel the world then come back in 24 hours then the gang left to help the guardians so we never got that dialogue again plus he is a huge ally to Horizon

[@ThatFunnyMexican_]

Secondly the lowlands need to become a ally as well because they were split on deciding what to join Thirdly The Ocean people who gave the Trident 🔱 staff to the group need to become allies as well they will be a huge boost to the party because they are Ocean based

[@ashmedlin7377]

@@ThatFunnyMexican_ yes! N they would be a great crew to man the ship in the freaking ocean domain!

[@GothicKitty1313]

Only just noticed 2 hours in, no Lucius on the middle scrolling stats 😂 oops!

[@tikawhom]

Yeah I was looking for his stats and thought I kept missing it. Nope.

[@julespecools9572]

There are so many npcs Mark has to keep in mind and continue there Storys whilst the Gang ist away and im so impressed with it. Clap clap clap Mark you are so amazing

[@JJwatching]

not even joking when mark described it as attack on titan (aot) my sister had the intro playing on tiktok lol not even planned ahaha!

[@nagaplays6137]

loved the comedy in this episode lol XD.

[@Neutral_Tired]

03:15:30 didn't the party meet known pirate and alcoholic Thalia Whisperwind in an ill-reputed bar on Gideon Prime? I'm surprised they didn't bring that up to Max

[@takofficially]

no, it was elysium

[@arcticwiz2249]

Damn, Tom's headshape looks straight from a cartoon.

[@ollieb.21]

Watching this today, the ship in the streets is looking a lot like that scene in GOTG volume 3.

[@Hiamike]

This was my favorite episode

[@traartadventures]

Omg omg it’s out

[@tigerstar1759]

wooooooooooooooooooo

[@utopia2112]

Trott referencing Yes as "Roundabout, a really popular 80s band" made me feel very old - EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!

[@utopia2112]

JK, I bet Trott knows what the deal is but was trying to spit it out fast to stop Tom from risking the copyright infringement and things just came out a bit sideways - right, RIGHT?! I'm not ancient, RIGHT?!!!! 😉

[@asatorftw]

I think the system is kind of cool, but I feel like they should have a set time to do those things, maybe at the start or end of a session. Otherwise it might get lost and overshadowed by what they are currently doing/roleplay.

[@travisboothe5670]

There definitely needs to be a Bruh!!! T shirt

[@McSenkel]

Bruh!

[@acanadianoriginal6764]

Still wondering when Aila is gonna go back too Rose Hall, to take out the lady in white.

[@simonsonlyfan8600]

But what about Spell clash?

[@j.clarke127]

I wonder what Rana and that purple cobalt are doing

[@tikawhom]

WARNING spoilers ahead.. So you're telling me while the party has been making grenades and upgrading weapons Sentry had been learning to cook? Their favorite foods for that matter?! I love her so much.

[@danielbaskins6601]

Maybe I’m crazy but did we ever find out what Tasadar’s decision was?

[@mcsenkelemanon5867]

Then I guess he did not taken up on Stormchasers' offer.

[@StreamerNation-99]

Is there a way I can get the battle music that you use

[@mme.veronica735]

The music is courtesy of Epidemic Sound, it says so in the description

[@Crispi1260]

All the music used in Aerois is listed on the bottom of the wiki page at high-rollers-dnd.fandom.com/wiki/Aerois_(Campaign)

[@Gothic_Analogue]

1:39:39 Everyone: are we the baddies? Aila: who cares, she made me dance!

[@travisboothe5670]

1:05:25 Tree ents are always going to say Bruh from now on lol

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Treants. Ent can't be used in D&D as it's part of LotR IP. References got a cease and desist early doors in the 70s.

[@xavierhetherwick9025]

So what is going to happen when tia'gon is fully formed or even majority formed. Like Callus has 3 pieces i think and Nova is (spoilers) up to i think 6 or 7 so I am really intersted. What is full power Tia'gon?

[@N00BPLAYERfin]

SPOILERS. I'm not 100% sure but I think they mentioned in past episode that both weapons are now different entities like twins and they wont form one single one anymore.

[@Crispi1260]

Kalus has 7 shards, Nova now has 6. It was suggested previously that because they have evolved apart that they will likely never fuse to create a single Tiangong again.

[@HighRollersDnD]

Also, Tiāngōng literally translates from Mandarin to 'Heavenly Palace' - which is currently the name of China's space station :D I put a lot of thought into this name! - Kim

[@N00BPLAYERfin]

@@HighRollersDnD Loving all the small details. :)

[@gothmissstress]

Mama Khollar ❤🥺

[@travisboothe5670]

Before I commit a new war crime, where are the citizens again LOL

[@MystLunarabne]

2:34:10 Unfortunately, Aila also catches a disease transmitted through blood.

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

Trott casually talking about a Netflix deal has me in bits after watching the Hatflix series 🤣🤣

[@zachariahnye4953]

Oh my goodness, two weeks too long!!

[@lonelysailer5774]

maximilian 🤝 geralt oh god not another portal

[@profesor_goblitz7037]

…is there a reason Alia’s AC isn’t 20? Con + Dex

[@cald1421]

32:16 2:07:18

[@JoshPlaysVideoGames]

Should I go back and watch lightfall

[@ThePatchworkMonster]

Definitely, its honestly great. Its what got me into dnd in the first place.

[@alex16cole]

Braaah!

[@Techstriker1]

Xcom: Aerois I like it.

[@SivartCustomRCs]

** TROTT ** your stat block is not included with the others...was checking it out when you mentioned jokingly that you had less than 200HP.

[@lazypaladin]

_Treeant Bruh_ _Making kids cry Bruh_

[@yuvallurie8192]

Is Aila rolling +15 to hit? Jesus

[@Akabeche]

"Bounded accuracy ? More like bounded accuracy for you weaklings lmao" -Aila, probably

[@travisboothe5670]

Does anyone else hope one of the Titans turns into a dragon?

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

​@@derschwartzadder Except for the two primordial ones Siaska created herself. The fiendish one in the Gurren Lagan easter egg that brought Sentry her new lance. And shapeshifting wouldn't be bound by any such restriction. Siaska has seen dragons before so the Titans would know what they are like. Not a problem whatsoever.

[@shaunjohnson3074]

So much war crimes lmfao

[@Blindy_Sama]

Also, was trying to find it using Google image search but I couldn't find any good pictures of Lucius and his Wolfpack wifey. Maybe it's just my eyes..

[@Crispi1260]

Fael_Draws has done some nice artwork with Lucius and Faeth.

[@Blindy_Sama]

@@Crispi1260 thanks much I'll look into that :-)

[@Crispi1260]

@@Blindy_Sama she’s linked it on the discord if you’re in there

[@Scott_Burton]

Odd question... From the Recap. How can someone be someone's half daughter? A mommy and a daddy come together to make a child. I could see one calling her a half-sister to the other titans, if they have the same mommy but different daddies. But a half-daughter? Were there 2 mommies and 1 daddy? I know we're talking divine energies here, but how would that work (cononically) Mark? [Yes, I'm still playing catch up on this campaign and I know this is an old episode, I've been binging pretty much every day for a bit. I like to believe the late views and late comments will draw more eyes to these videos and to the HR crew] Epidsodes 121 and 122 see conclusion of interests from episode 1 and promptly set aside for "more pressing matters" [Qillek and the treasure map, Nova and the shard] "And so it begins" [B5]

[@McSenkel]

I am Bruh!

[@bloodfreak57]

Ailas armour class should be 20 no?

[@Red_Bl4ze]

I think that was only with the Ring of Free Action, which I’m pretty sure Nova now has

[@bloodfreak57]

@@Red_Bl4ze base 10+ 5 from Dex + 5 from con= 20

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Yup. Barbarian's version of Unarmoured Defense. And incidentally a Ring of Free Action doesn't affect AC to my knowledge.

[@transarchivist]

BRRRUUUUUUUUUGGGHHHHHH

[@travisboothe5670]

A minute in I'm already laughing 😂

[@Ozisl]

I am now extremely aware of Tom's chin, in ways I never considered before... thank you?

[@wierdpeopleotherdude1422]

When you said that there was going to be a 3 to 4 week time skip I didn’t think you would be so dedicated to role playing it in real life man real respect Ps this comment is satirical I couldn’t keep the comment in me I has to make this joke

[@gray9818]

Sorcerer? More like Swordcerer, am I right guys?

[@GrynLin]

Maddening darkness & misty step in one turn? I don't think so!

[@himatabbasi]

I think its a magic item

[@lincolnsummers1235]

AYYYYYYYYYY

[@GoddamitJmie]

Ep 122 ; BRAH

[@MrZonehawk]

I'm only on this episode and they already started a new campaign. Maybe it's time to pull the plug and get into real time mayhem.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

No, they haven't. I think you've misinterpreted what that prologue is meant to be. As for pulling the plug, why would you stop halfway? Feels like something you are leaving out.

[@MrZonehawk]

@@MorinehtarTheBlue I have no idea what i was talking about. I might have been thinking that the announcement meant they had started the new campaign so just jump to what the latest content was.

[@dylantaylor5872]

I just wish trott would counter spell more especially when mark is literally waiting for him bc he could’ve stopped them from leaving it’s starting to become a trend and it doesn’t make sense as a character especially that he wouldn’t counter spell something that endangers his friends and trott has done that before

[@Amon2323]

Only Trott really knows what Lucius would do

[@dethmin173]

Back again

[@lorde_spooky]

Solid episode, love the new game mechanics, but I'm a little bit disappointed in the lack of large sections of character roleplay for your first episode back.

[@marceliusbyrd9162]

I want to yell so much right now for the disappearing act buthis apparent act but I won't because I'm pretty sure you had a very great reason

[@Crispi1260]

They said they needed a break. They’re human.

[@marceliusbyrd9162]

@@Crispi1260 it's important to relax but I was just poking fun

[@Crispi1260]

@@marceliusbyrd9162 fair enough. Hard to get subtle inflection in text.

[@hadeszero4526]

realization hadar is less evil than starbane. Hadar is just hunger incarnate while starbane chose tyranny as a vehicle for his goal.

[@stevieharvey7803]

idk man, hadar wants to destroy to universe

[@hadeszero4526]

@@stevieharvey7803 only because all he does is eat. starbane deliberately is subjugating everyone under military rule.

[@HighRollersDnD]

He's just a hungry boi!

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Yeah a creature who wants to devour everything utterly isn't less evil than Emperor Ahab desperate to slay his Red Whale. Though personally I find it much easier to hate Callus than Hadar. Though by that scale Xarkira and Aerois' Graz'zt take spots one and two for me.

[@grandmastercultistofben]

So Lucius' nanny is a cia agent huh

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Always has been

[@grandmastercultistofben]

@@MorinehtarTheBlue Memento mori

[@FantasyApocalypse]

Hey you want to play test my open world TTRPG i can make you a world with multiple maps on roll20 in any seting you want and i mean any with NPCS, Plants, Animals, Vehicles, Objects, Vendors what ever you want you can do anything in the game dont even have to make a vid on it i would be happy with the feedback alone ive been working on the game with my buds for over 10 years should be able to do anything you can think of or see on tv and if you cant we will fix it.

[@ooppen]

Bruh